Don't consider it mean, consider it an education lesson. If shell was familiar with our history and the piece, shell would not the face value was a tenth of what he/she is not paying for it. I dont' feel sorry one bit about the price shell paid. I do feel bad that this didn't end up in a sisters hands, or the chapter it belongs to.
Lets make it our mission to save our diamonds, but in the event we cannot, educate those that insist on having them.